/****************************************************************************
** Copyright (c) 2017 Adrian Schneider, AOT AG
**
** Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
** copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
** to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
** the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
** and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
** Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
**
** The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
** all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
**
** THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
** IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
** FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
** AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
** LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
** FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
** DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
**
*****************************************************************************/

#ifndef _vtkDicomRoutinesExtended_H_
#define _vtkDicomRoutinesExtended_H_

#include "dicomRoutines.h"

class VTKDicomRoutinesExtended: public VTKDicomRoutines
{

public:

    VTKDicomRoutinesExtended();
    virtual ~VTKDicomRoutinesExtended();

    /**
     * Loads the DICOM images within a directory by using the vtk-dicom library.
     * This library allows to read more Dicom formats than the standard vtk implementationl
     * @param pathToDicom Path to the DICOM directory.
     * @return DICOM image data.
     */
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> loadDicomImage( const std::string& pathToDicom ) override;
};

#endif // _vtkDicomRoutinesExtended_H_
